{"id":13361,"date":"2015-04-15T16:48:37","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T21:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bryantriangle.wpengine.com\/?p=13361"},"modified":"2022-11-08T04:23:52","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T09:23:52","slug":"after-38-years-bradshaw-resigning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bryantriangle.com\/after-38-years-bradshaw-resigning\/","title":{"rendered":"Psych Prof. Bradshaw resigns after 38 years at Bryan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Katherine Carpenter<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Staff Writer<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s May graduation will mark the end of Professor of Psychology Dr. Steve Bradshaw\u2019s 38-year-long teaching career at Bryan. Add his four years as a student, and Bryan has been his home for 42 years.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this semester, Bradshaw accepted an\u00a0offer of a full-time position as professor and associate dean of Counseling and Psychology at his graduate alma mater, Richmont Graduate University, in Chattanooga.<\/p>\n<p>Bradshaw said that his departure from Bryan was not a result of the controversy that overtook campus last spring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want people to know that I don\u2019t consider myself collateral damage to what happened last year,\u201d Bradshaw said. \u201cIf I had been offered this position three years ago, I would have taken it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bradshaw said that he didn\u2019t \u201cwant to leave any burnt bridges or hurt feelings behind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope [Bryan] prospers. I hope it continues to grow, and continues to foster an atmosphere of community,\u201d he said<\/p>\n<p>One of the major reasons Bradshaw accepted the position at Richmont was because they extended the offer to him unprompted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that they saw in me giftedness, and wanted the skills that I had made me feel good,\u201d Bradshaw said. \u201cThere is something to be said for being wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Dr. Kevin Clauson, vice president of academics, Bryan has already begun the search to replace Bradshaw.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur plan, Lord willing, is to immediately hire a full-time psychology professor,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>They have already received one application and expect to receive more very soon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know that he has been loved and appreciated by the students, and has always maintained the highest standards of integrity,\u201d Clauson said of Bradshaw\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n<p>Though Bradshaw said he is sad to leave Bryan behind, he is excited about his future at Richmont.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m looking forward to being involved on an administrative level; I\u2019m excited about new responsibilities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Bradshaw said he will especially miss \u201cbeating on my students at ping pong.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Katherine Carpenter Staff Writer This year\u2019s May graduation will mark the end of Professor of Psychology Dr. Steve Bradshaw\u2019s 38-year-long teaching career at Bryan. Add his four years as a student, and Bryan has been his home for 42 years. Earlier this semester, Bradshaw accepted an\u00a0offer of a full-time position as professor and associate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":11961,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[4435,4603,174,4604],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bryantriangle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13361"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bryantriangle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bryantriangle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bryantriangle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bryantriangle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13361"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bryantriangle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15976,"href":"https:\/\/www.bryantriangle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13361\/revisions\/15976"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bryantriangle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bryantriangle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bryantriangle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bryantriangle.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}